carry the torch for (someone)

To be in love with someone, especially secretly and/or unrequitedly. I've carried the torch for her since high school, but I've never been able to tell her how I feel. Susan carried the torch for him for years after they broke up.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yeong-Ho	yung-ho	Korean
Sheba	SHEE-bə (English)	Biblical
Jarek	YAH-rek (Polish)	Polish, Czech
Cveta	-	Serbian
Mihaela	mee-hah-YE-lah (Romanian), mee-HAH-el-ah (Croatian)	Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Larson	['la:sn]